Last Installment of the Interesting Project

I'm shutting it down. It was a bit too ambitious, plus school has started up and I have a job that pretty much eliminates weekends. So here, with a heavy heart and broken ego, is the final installment of the Interesting Project: Ian Ramsrud







I met Ian in an english class at Salt Lake Community College. Everyone in the class was pretty friendly, but if a group project came up I always wanted to be in Ian's group. He was, and still is, very well spoken and eloquent and insightful. But it wasn't until I added my friend Dave as a friend on Facebook that I learned that Ian is an outstanding photographer. Better than myself, but that's not saying much. But let's stop this before it goes down the "he's interesting because he's a great photographer" road. Let's talk about the notes he's posted on his Facebook page shall we?

Most of them are long, but they're worth reading. They're insightful. A couple of them have made me do things, like go through every picture on my flickr page to see what cliches of bad photographers I have perpetrated and made me realize that I gotta fake it til I make it.

He's a hell of a guy, and my poor writing is not doing him justice. Revel in his presence in the portraits! He was super comfortable in front of the camera, and it was a fun little photo session

Part 1 of the Interesting Project

Yes, finally the thing I've been talking about can be seen. I've only got this one and another one so I'm gonna hold on to the second until I shoot a third. Anyway, here it is. Part 1, my friend Jeffrey Eldridge:








Yes, that last one is of him in a Guy Fawkes mask. No, it's not a prop I have kicking around. He bought it at a Halloween store a few years after V for Vendetta came out. If he waited until they closed he could have hopped in the dumpster and grabbed one for free, but oh well. He also, occasionally, wears it on his drive home from work.

The first time I met Jeffrey was at a meet for a local car website. He was wearing black shoes, black pants, a black shirt and a black trench coat. In summer. It was interesting to say the least. That day was also the first time he drank a Mountain Dew.

Other interesting facts and/or out and out lies about Mr. Eldridge:

His PC, which he built himself, can run Crysis on full settings. Quite the impressive feat.
Has owned a 4th generation Honda Prelude, which he loved, until he wrecked it. T'was a sad day for all.
Also has had a hand in swapping a 302 ci Ford V8 into a 3rd generation Toyota Supra. Again, impressive feat.
He is Neo. He flies and everything, it's awesome
He's related to Justin Eldredge, professional skateboarder.

That's all I've got for now. There will be another, and hopefully another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another...